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In Reply to: RGB cable posted by blake on March 29, 2002 at 16:31:47:
Joseph Conrad was very into high end!sheesh!
what...no wait...let me quote:
HEART OF DARKNESS
by Joseph Conrad
Chapter One
"The "Nellie," a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide."
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that's the opening, written by a guy who learned English as a third language.
compare that prose to that of any person living or dead, ever.(the horror...)
and look, read it again.
is that about adventure?
he's telling us we are at rest, we are to wait...but what? are we not filled with the urge to continue? can you possibly sleep without ever knowing the next line ?
is that not a monumental rent in the very fabric of wonder?
oh, how can you not take the next step into that gaping maw?
so subtil, it's almost not apparent
he's telling us to wait, right at the moment when we are most ready for action
he's telling us there's a moment, not now
he's telling us we are "bound down the river"
what a beautiful turn of phrase: "bound" as in "traveling"
and "bound"...a forboding against free will...a hint at enslavement...
the inevitablity of the union dance of fate and character...waiting for the turning
on "our cruising yawl"...a lark, we're on a cruise, our free will brought us to this place...this threshold
"without a flutter of the sails"
we are becalmed, at peace, and yet
on the edge of something, are we not?
there's a change beneath the surface of things
the force of our soul has "swung to her anchor"
something so vast, so mysterious, so unknowable
has made itself known to us
is that not the very essence of the high end?
yes
oh god,
yes!
(deep in the heart
of darkness)
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Follow Ups
- are you kidding me? - petew 17:30:01 03/29/02 (1)
- You are too much....LOL! (nt) - blake 19:34:41 03/29/02 (0)
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